Loose Leaf for Acquiring Medical Language - Softcover

Jones, Steven; Cavanagh, Andrew

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9780077740887: Loose Leaf for Acquiring Medical Language

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ISBN 10: 0077740882 ISBN 13: 9780077740887

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2015

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Most medical terminology texts present the roots on one page, body system on one page, and a list of related anatomical terms on the next. The result is students fail to make connections and end up approaching the course as a never-ending series of lists to be memorized. This Loose-Leaf version of Acquiring Medical Language is language focused. It introduces students to roots with illustrations of body systems and surrounds that information with term blocks that include specific word roots, examples containing that root, and some interesting facts to make the information more memorable. This exposes students to all the relevant information (the root, its meaning, its use), so they see how it relates to the other roots in the context of the body system. Each chapter of AML also is structured around the S.O.A.P framework. S.O.A.P stands for the four general parts of a medical note: Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan. After introducing the student to the important roots and the medical terms relevant to the body system, the roots are presented using the SOAP note as an organizational framework. Terms are presented to students under the following learning objectives: S – Subjective – Patient History, Problems, Complaints O – Objective – Observation and Discovery A – Assessment – Diagnosis and Pathology P – Plan – Treatments and Therapies

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About the Author:

Steven L. Jones, PhD
Steve holds a BA in Greek and Latin from Baylor
University, an MA in Greek, Latin, and Classical
Studies from Bryn Mawr College, and a PhD
in Classics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Steve has held previous faculty appointments at
Trinity University, the University of Texas at Austin,
and Baylor University. Currently, he teaches Medical
Terminology at Rice University in Houston, TX.
He is also Assistant Professor of Classics at Houston
Baptist University, where he serves as chair of the
Department of Classics and Biblical Languages
and as director of the Master of Arts in Biblical
Languages Program. He teaches courses on Latin,
Greek, Classical Civilization, Early Christianity,
and the Classical Roots of Medical Language.
When not breaking down medical words,
Steve enjoys taking road trips with his wife and
four daughters, watching baseball, eating tacos,
drinking ice-cold Dr Pepper, and showing off his
parallel-parking skills.

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